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on February 2011
The Beacon Operates Again on the Roof of Building V2
Feb 2011 17

The Beacon Operates Again on the Roof of Building V2

The beacon of MASAT-1 operates again on the roof building V2 with a transmit power of 100 mW. Its frequency is 3.5 kHz higher than the nominal 437.345 MHz to prevent it from disturbing our measurements. It transmits a valid (fixed) telemetry package. The demodulator software can be downloaded from h...
Pictures of the successful long-range measurements
Feb 2011 04

Pictures of the successful long-range measurements

Lasting two days, the long-range communication test between the engineering model of MASAT-1 and the ground station was successful. An 11 km long link was tested on Thursday, while on Friday the transmissions were performed from a distance of nearly 90 km (from Kékestető). The interested participant...
Test Transmission from Kékestető
Feb 2011 03

Test Transmission from Kékestető

Some members of the team, led by HA7WEN, will leave for Késkestető on Friday morning with one model of the satellite, which we will continuously “tease”. On the basis of today’s preliminary tests performed from a look-out tower on Anna-hegy, the satellite will be operated in its basic mode. This mea...
The Client Software is available
Feb 2011 02

The Client Software is available

Further information about the software and its use is available here. The antennas are recommended to face Kékestető on early Friday afternoon as MASAT-1 will transmit from there. Its operation can be tracked by the software. The start of the transmission will be indicated on the homepage. The meeti...
First edition of the client software
Feb 2011 02

First edition of the client software

A communications trial will be held on Friday (04 February 2011), in which the radio amateurs are kindly requested to participate. The first version of the telemetry decoder software will be tested, hoping to ensure this way its smooth use after the start, as well as to correct the initial errors as...